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How long do you wait for a reduction in EBV viral load after reducing immunosuppression before deciding to start rituximab in a kidney transplant patient with EBV viremia?

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Nephrology · University of Alabama Birmingham

This is a difficult question. If this is in the context of EBV viremia and kidney transplant patients with PTLD that is EBER positive, I make this decision in consultation with the treating hematologist/oncologist. I have not used rituximab in EBV viremia alone.

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